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Registered Nurse - Progressive Care (5C)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 1 days ago
About the Role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
What You'll Do
- →The Western New York VA Medical Center is seeking a qualified full-time Registered Nurse (Nights) for the Progressive Care Team (5C) located at the Buffalo VA Medical Center in Buffalo, New York..
- →The Progressive Care Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for providing competent, evidence-based care to assigned patients and oversight of licensed vocational nurses/nursing assistants, provides direct and indirect nursing care to patients and families in a nursing care unit/area.
- →The incumbent is accountable for adhering to established policies, standards of care and standards of practice.
- →She/he demonstrates leadership when providing and improving patient care.
- →The incumbent reports directly to the Nurse Manager of the patient care unit/area and serves as a role model when functioning as team leader or charge nurse under the supervision of the Nurse Manager.
- →The incumbent will be responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising direct patient care.
- →Assume responsibility for the coordination of care focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the continuum of care.
- →Administer medications and procedures per established policies and guidelines.
- →Influence care outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team.
- →Core elements of performance include knowledge and active participation in the unit/program level quality improvement process and initiatives as well as customer service programs.
- →Assist, through in-depth assessment, a patient's ability to adapt to new situations and circumstances created by changes in health status.
- →Teach and counsel on health procedures, emotional adjustment and adaptation of the patient and their families.
- →Identify, through case-finding and critical analysis, a patient's, families, or community's deviation from health and wellbeing and advocate for, initiate and recommend appropriate actions including the establishment of safe environments.
- →Manage and deliver restorative or palliative care to the ill, disabled and dying.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical evaluation.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 52e8e8dd-7be1-4508-9c8d-e2bc3fcb7cb3
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